Really Distracted Driving

I've seen a lot of crazy things people do while driving.  You know the typical stuff like talking on the phone, donning makeup, reading, drinking, eating, texting, etc.  The other afternoon I was riding home from the Garfield Park Conservatory and a van pulls up beside me -- not a mini-van, an old-school tricked up van with airbrushed art on the side.  I look to my left through the passenger window and the driver has got a skilsaw out in his right hand and he's operating it while driving.  I'm a bit stunned, but I get my wits to say "Excuse me but could you focus on one thing at a time, and I'd prefer it to be driving".  He simply laughs it off, but his passenger punched him in the arm and said, "I told you!"  Wish I had a camera at the time.

Really Distracted Driving

I wasn't on a bicycle when I saw this but I thought I would still share. One time a friend and I were driving home together after a class and we looked over to the car next to us. The person driving was eating some nachos (they were in her lap) with one hand while talking on a cellphone with the other and steering with her knee. We got behind her.

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